[Nicholasp27]

well if u look at icm:
(10/1 used for dollar amounts)

on hand 1, your ev is $10
after 3 levels, your stack is down to 655 and there are about 7 people left and your ev is down to $9

as levels go on and you keep getting blinded, your ev goes down and down

so being able to get some chips early on certainly will help...but the key is to not gamble your whole stack on coin flips and such, as winning won't help your ev that much and losing takes it to zero, and you supposedly are ok being shorter stacked when blinds rise due to your expert pushbot strategy